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"The original Intrusion was published to Newgrounds in 2008. This 2012 follow-up is a must-have for run 'n gun fans!"

Reviews

“It is a meeting point between old game design and new, with every other moment punctuated with some of the most thrilling level and boss design to grace the genre. As improbable as it may sound, this game made by one guy not only stands up to the classics, it is every bit as good as Gunstar Heroes and Contra.”9/10 – Destructoid

“If you’re a fan of the genre, then this one is a no-brainer, and a wholehearted recommendation.”87/100 – IndieGameMag

“I have to tell you about Intrusion 2, because it’s like a game from my stupid dreams about games that couldn’t exist.” – PCGamer

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About This Game

Intrusion 2 is an action platformer set in a sci-fi environment on a reserve planet occupied by a hostile military corporation conducting forbidden weapon research. Intrusion 2 is inspired by classic 16bit era sidescrollers and focuses on classic fast-paced action combined with modern physics and animation.

This game... changes you. I was never the same after shooting lasers at ninjas and robo-snakes while snowboarding down a mountain after defeating a fist-pumping helicopter. It's as if your 6 year old brain mashed together every idea of robots, guns, and explosions it ever had.

As a side-scrolling 2D shooter with wacky-but-fun physics it's incredibly fun. Soundtrack is great, controls are tight and intuitive, gameplay is awesome. The plot requires a bit of thinking because it's not inherently evident, but if you want to know it beforehand I've written what I think it is below. WARNING SPOILERS

You are an unnamed agent (we'll call him Lance) sent to a planet crontrolled by a hostile military force to...do something, I assume destroy the expiremental weapon they've developed. You job is to control Lance and get him to their center of operations and destroy that weapon.

QUICK TIP: If you're having trouble downloading this game, try rebooting your computer in "safe mode with network capabilities" and then downloading it. It worked for me, and you can very easily Google how to do that. Once fully downloaded and installed you can just do a regular reboot again and it'll work fine.

This is without a doubt my favorite side-scrolling shooter ever, and it should come highly recommended to anybody who likes games that can deliver both incredible spectacle and intense difficulty. And when I say spectacle, I do mean it: if anybody ever tells you indie games just cannot deliver the same kind of epic setpieces as AAA-titles, point them towards this game and then smile as they go, "What?! WHAT?!! WHAAAAAATT??!!!1!" Hell, stick a facecam on 'em & upload it to YouTube, and you'll probably get a couple thousand views.

The more difficult the level, the more awesomely ridiculous the setpieces: from fist-pumping gunships, to wielding grenade-launchers off the backs of giant wolves, to a gun that is also a Tron-bike. And that's not even getting into the final boss, who I won't spoil here. So yeah, the presentation: awesome. The graphics are pixelly but more than detailed enough to convey the awesome action-scenes, and the soundtrack does an excellent job backing it all up. It's exactly the kind of fist-pumping hard rock you want out of a title like this, and it gets absolutely zero complaints from me.

But I also mentioned difficulty, didn't I? Oh boy, the difficulty in this game... Okay, for the record: *yes* there is an Easy option, and it should at least let you get as far as the first boss fight. But this is not the kind of game where people who're just interested in the story can just coast along on Easy without having to worry about dying. This is a game where you pay attention, or you die. Literally, since the boss fights are all about memorizing their attack patterns and figuring out how to dodge them. And you won't do that on your first go. Or your second. Or third.

Or tenth.

But for as challenging as they are, these fights are not hard because it's unclear what to do. All the attacks make it pretty clear how to go about dodging them; it's just that the bosses have so much health that it's hard to perfectly remember and dodge those attacks so many times over the course of a fight. You *will* take damage: the trick is just doing more damage to them first.

If you're the kind of person who saw this game or saw a Let's Play and thought, "Man I wanna try that." then you'll probably make it to the final boss on Easy. But if you're thinking of recommending this to someone as a casual indie title, forget it. This is not something you play on the bus home from work: this is something you play til 1 in the morning, when you finally beat that boss after 2 hours of trying & failing and you unironically shout, "IN YOUR FACE!" at your monitor. That's a damn good feeling, but only if it's actually what you're looking for in a game.

That's the Easy setting. As for Medium, it is exclusively the domain of hardcore fans or shooter veterans. Nobody else need apply. The Hard setting is for masochists who think Metal Gear Solid 2 at European Extreme just isn't challenging enough (yes I'm serious). However it is worth noting that despite those insane challenges, the game *does* actually have an initial difficulty curve. You won't get blown away in the first 10 minutes, if that's what worries you.

If there are any downsides to the game, it's that (A) all that great challenging gameplay doesn't really have a narrative to go with it, and (B) the developer seems sadly reluctant to fix the downloading issue mentioned above (or tell people how to circumvent it: I spent a good hour finding out that tip I put at the start). The narrative is... barely there, to be honest. There's so little of it that you can't really call it bad or distracting: it certainly doesn't detract from the experience. It's just kind of a missed opportunity for the game to show that all your hard work actually has in-universe consequences.

The downloading issue is annoying yes, but to be fair: when the game was originally released it wasn't there. It appeared after a patch and was never fixed. So I'm counting that as a mark against the dev, not the game itself. And again, the tip up top should work.

Who would like this?- People who like side-scrolling shooters.- People who like spectacle in their action games.- People who like seriously challenging/punishing difficulty.- People who like cheap indie games that are nonetheless stuffed with content.

If you fall into any of those categories, the game is definitely worth its retail price and *ABSOLUTELY* worth picking up if it's on sale.

Who wouldn't like this?- People who play games mainly for the story or characters.- People who don't like great challenge that's based on pattern-recognition.- People who don't like side-scrolling shooters.- People who don't like fist-pumping gunships.

Those people should stay far away from this title. It will not float their boat, or any other flotation device for that matter.

Aside from the download issue, the game is actually a technical marvel. It runs entirely in Flash, believe it or not, and it runs smooooooooooooth. Like, we're talking Barry-White-pouring-a-Colt-45-over-buttery-velvet smooth here. It never lags or stutters, the install file is small and it doesn't eat up too much processing power. It's also surprisingly long (factoring in how often you'll die) so if you buy it then at least you'll get your money's worth.

This game is the perfectly distilled essence of Side-Scrolling Shooter. What that means for you is your call. But for me, it means a 9/10.

Intrusion 2 is a sci-fi sidescrolling 2D shooter/platform with progressive difficulty and a surprisingly good mechanical (mecha) design for bosses and vehicles.It shares a lot of elements from Gunstar Heroes or other games from Treasure soft.(with the exception of combining weapons) for the intense action and creativity with the environment and boss encounters which are few, but hellish.Could be enjoyed with a gamepad, in that case it uses the 2nd lever to command the shooting direction.Otherwise it's done with the mouse.

On the net there're a lot of quoting Metal Slug as similar to this game.Mostly wrong, the game plays very differently from the almost carefree action of the Neo Geo serie, don't get this game right away thinking it's M.S., accept that's different or you'll get a wrong opinion and get disappointed.

This is a GREAT and original game not a clone of anything.

In I2 the use of vehicles like mechs is possible, but only for few occasions, the rest of the action relies on this man/cyborg and the arsenal of weapons found during the mission.There're no power ups, only ammo available from crates or weapons dropped by enemies and health capsules of various refill capacity.No lives, only a health bar and free re-trials from checkpoints.It's not divided in stages, anyway it's possible to try several times portions of the game using checkpoints or/and loading from the pause menu.It's possible on a few situations to ride/use the following:A giant wolfGunner MechSword MechGrapple Mech

Gameplay:The controls are not so easy to master, especially it requires a lot of practice dodging while shooting. It's available the remapping option and regardless its limit, helps many different playstyles.It's not a senseless action what this game gives: it's a challenge. In some parts of the game there's a slight difficult peak if no ammo has been saved previously. And the unique in-game physics it's a constant part of both trouble and an additional weapon for the player: while a bit strange or awkward used correctly you could use boulders, crates, even dropped weapons to kill enemies. And not only using the Grapple Mech, since each different weapon has has a different knockback power.

Graphics:Great mecha design, bosses are unforgettable (and unforgiving), wonderful backgrounds. Soldiers and wolfs are affected by the physics so animation seems strange and not quite natural.

Storyline:If played without interruptions is quite clear that the "intrusion" in enemy territory is a wonder spawned from an action movie. Looking on some sequences is far from being without sense. It's a shame that even if it's structured as a single mission no hints are given on who's and why the main protagonist have to battle his way to the final boss. There's an android in the game, maybe the main chara is a cyborg? Only pure personal speculation.

Music:Maybe the worst part. A bit repetitive even for the techno-addicted, anyway works well with the hardboiled action of some parts of the game.

Overall:For the low price this game offers a lot of challenge, and some replayability for that reason. It's worth for the ending boss encounter alone.One of the worst for difficult and best for what it does/looks like/challenge.Surely would love a Intrusion 3 for more mechs and crazy bosses.

This is probably the best game I've ever played. Everything feels like it's held together by paper clips, the destructable and interactable terrain along with the spot-in AI combined with the unique bad guys comes together to make you feel like a god when you kill something. Usually it seems like a boss is just "not bothering using all his power" or something, but everything feels like it is chucking everything it's got at you, and it is brilliant. Intrusion 2 is most certainly worth it, has one of the best final bosses ever, and it is most certainly a video game.

This is a good game to play when you're bored and want to play an arcade-y game. My only complaint is the shortness of the game, for the moderately high price tag. I dont mind 10 bucks, but this game kinda only costs like 7 to me. So if you're willing to spend a few extra dollars to play this, be my guest.

I once played Intrusion years ago，impressed by its physics. 2 funny shooting games in my memory with interesting physics: INTRUSION and ZOMBOTRON. Although sometimes it may get you stuck (for which someone think the physics wonky,and really annoying) However,it is nothing but the new-type physics make it attractive,making the battle not dull all the way!

High interactive environment and enemies.

Piloting a harpoon mech is the most typical that shows the game's fantastic interactivity.

Epic boss battles.

Challenging enenmies:snake robots,tentacle robots,different type if mechs(which you can pilot)，Stalker.

Amazing but still a lot to better， and it must be fun with a 2-player mode.

Never keep your finger off the trigger. Ride a wolf-horse-thing and eat baddies as you run by them. Grab a mech, throw rocks. Epic boss battles. Snowboard down a mountain with cyborg grenade-throwing ninjas after you. Uhh, yeah this game is great.

There's a section of the game where you're snowboarding down an avalanche on part of a dropship which you just destroyed fighting cyborg ninjas with rocket launchers who also fire ballistic missiles with giant mecha-snakes inside of them at you.

+ Great sense of action especially the first few levels. Game holds nothing back. +Great variety of weapons + 3 different mechs to pilot + AMAZING Last Boss fight. Really surprised me how good it was. Definitly the highlight of the game for me+ Nice length, does not wear itself out + Interesting physics however it can get annoying at times (objects get in your way)

The Bad:

-Controls may be a slight issue, one of the few 2d games where k/m was better than the controller. -Because of the physics some boss battles may be more reliant on luck than skill -Can be a bit frustrating at times.

Conclusion:If your looking for a solid 2d action game than this is for you.

I got this game with a Humble Bundle a while ago and thought it was pretty mediocre after playing the first level. I must've seen some spark of greatness in it though, because I kept it in my "Currently Playing" folder instead of moving it to my Steam Graveyard of games I am finished with or don't care about. Boy am I glad I did. I booted it up and after another slightly less mediocre first part to the second level, I got to ride on a wolf mount. It was a little awkward to control, but I felt powerful and had a lot of fun.

From there it only got better. Epic boss fights, a few fun guns (laser and grenade launcher), three different pilotable mech suits, and non-stop action. If you like Metal Slug, Contra, and sometimes frustrating physics, this game is for you! And for any achievement hunters out there, it's not too difficult to 100%.